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General Toxicology Information

• PDF File on General Toxicological Principles

• "Reflections on the past, Report on the present, Envision the Future". NAHMMA (North American Hazardous Materials Management Association): 20th Annual Hazardous Materials Management Conference on Household & Small Business Waste. Tacoma, WA. September 18-23, 2005.

• "Children: The Health Effects of A Small Dose of Chemicals". Department of Public Health - Seattle & King County Environmental Health Division. Children and Their Environment. Seattle, WA. June 25, 2005.
  
  
• "Toxicology, Human Health, and The Precautionary Principle". Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington. Seattle, WA. May 26, 2005.
  
  
• "Converging Issues: Lead, Ethics, and Our Children's Potential". Department of Psychology and Center for Developmental Psychobiology, State University of New York (SUNY) & Binghamton University, NY. April 29, 2005.
  
  
• "A Small Dose of Toxicology - Health Effects of Common Chemicals". College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. February 21, 2005.
  
  
• "A Small Dose of Toxicology: Introduction To The Health Effects Of Common Chemicals". The Environment and the Health of Populations (BHLTH497), course at the University of Washington (invited by Linda Westbrook). Bothell, WA. October 6, 2004.
  
  
• "Science and Health Risks- DEHP/PVC and PBDEs". Washington State Public Health Association. Wenatchee, WA. October 4, 2004.
  
  
• "Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Related to DART". Reproductive & Developmental Toxicology: Pharmaceutical, Environmental, and Legal Considerations. Northern and Southern California Chapters of the Society of Toxicology - Fall 2004 Meeting. San Diego, CA. October 1, 2004.

• "Child Development and Social Responsibility". Children's Environmental Health (ENVH 517a), course at Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington. Seattle, WA. April 28, 2004.

Chemicals

• Arsenic
  • Powerpoint on Arsenic from A Small Dose of Toxicology by Steven Gilbert
    
• Caffeine
  • Powerpoint on Caffeine from A Small Dose of Toxicology by Steven Gilbert
    
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• "Science and Health Risks- DEHP/PVC and PBDEs". Washington State Public Health Association. Wenatchee, WA. October 4, 2004.

• Ethyl Alcohol
  • Powerpoint on Alcohol from A Small Dose of Toxicology by Steven Gilbert
• Lead
  • Powerpoint on Lead from A Small Dose of Toxicology by Steven Gilbert
    
  • "Lead and Child Development or Why the CDC Should Lower The Blood Lead Action Level From 10 to 2 mcg/dL". Out of Harm's Way: Preventing Toxic Threats to our Children's Health. Sponsored by Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. Spokane, WA. October 15, 2005.
  • "Converging Issues: Lead, Ethics, and Our Children's Potential". Department of Psychology and Center for Developmental Psychobiology, State University of New York (SUNY) & Binghamton University, NY. April 29, 2005.
    
• Mercury
  • Powerpoint on Mercury from A Small Dose of Toxicology by Steven Gilbert
    
  • "Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Mercury". Data Workshop on Pacific Pollutants. University of Washington. Bothell, WA. October 13, 2004.
    
• Nicotine
  • Powerpoint on Nicotine from A Small Dose of Toxicology by Steven Gilbert
• Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
  • "An Introduction to the Health Effects of PBDEs". Out of Harm's Way: Protecting Children's Health - Science, Ethics and Policy. Sponsored by Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. University of Washington. Seattle, WA. September 18, 2004.
    
  • "Phasing Out Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and PBTs". Out of Harm's Way: Preventing Toxic Threats to Our Children's Health. Sponsored by . Spokane, WA. October 15, 2005.
    
  • "Science and Health Risks- DEHP/PVC and PBDEs". Washington State Public Health Association. Wenatchee, WA. October 4, 2004.
    
• Persistent Environmental Contaminants
  • Powerpoint on Persistent Environmental Contaminants from A Small Dose of Toxicology by Steven Gilbert
• Pesticides
  • "Neurological and Long-Term Effects of Pesticides Exposure". Out of Harm's Way: Preventing Toxic Threats to Our Children's Health. Sponsored by Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. Spokane, WA. October 15, 2005.
• Powerpoint on Solvents from A Small Dose of Toxicology by Steven Gilbert
  

Ethics and the Precautionary Principle

• "An Ethical Case for Advocacy and Prevention of Developmental Disorders". Learning Disabilities Association. Reno, NV. March 2, 2005.
• "Child Development and Social Responsibility". Children's Environmental Health (ENVH 517a), course at Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington. Seattle, WA. April 28, 2004.
• "Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Mercury". Data Workshop on Pacific Pollutants. University of Washington. Bothell, WA. October 13, 2004.
• "Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Related to DART". Reproductive & Developmental Toxicology: Pharmaceutical, Environmental, and Legal Considerations. Northern and Southern California Chapters of the Society of Toxicology - Fall 2004 Meeting. San Diego, CA. October 1, 2004.
• Precautionary Principle
  • "The Precautionary Principle: Reasonable, Rational, and Responsible". Society of Toxicology conference. San Diego, CA. March 7, 2006.
  • "Ethics, The Precautionary Principle, and Our Future. Out of Harm's Way: Preventing Toxic Threats to Our Children's Health. Sponsored by Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. Spokane, WA. October 15, 2005.
  • "Collaborative on Health & Environment - Precautionary Principle Working Group". NAHMMA (North American Hazardous Materials Management Association): 20th Annual Hazardous Materials Management Conference on Household & Small Business Waste. Tacoma, WA. September 18-23, 2005.
  • "The Precautionary Principle, Ethics, and Society". Environmental Science class, Antioch University. Seattle, WA. September 10, 2005.
    
  • "An Introduction To Risk Assessment - Risk Management and Precautionary Principle". Environmental Health Extended Degree Program (DEOHS 511), University of Washington. Seattle, WA. July 11, 2005.
    
  • "Toxicology, Human Health, and The Precautionary Principle". Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington. Seattle, WA. May 26, 2005.
    
  • "Precautionary Principle: A method for dealing with uncertainty in science". Discussion Group, University of Washington Health Sciences. Seattle, WA. April 11, 2005.
    
  • "Precautionary Principle and Ethical Issues in Toxicology and Risk Assessment". Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University. Houston, Texas. February 18, 2005.
    
  • "Bioethics and the Precautionary Principle". The Environment and the Health of Populations (BHLTH497), course at University of Washington (invited by Linda Westbrook). Bothell, WA. November 3, 2004.
• "An Introduction To Risk Assessment - Risk Management and Precautionary Principle". Environmental Health Extended Degree Program (DEOHS 511). University of Washington. Seattle, WA. July 11, 2005.
• Stem Cells
  • "Stem Cell Science Basics". Ethics In the Science Classroom: Professional Development for Secondary Science Teachers. Northwest Association for Biomedical Research (NWABR). University of Washington. Pack Forest, WA. July 20, 2005.
    
  • "Stem Cells, Cloning & Bioethics - Bioethics as a basis for decision-making". Bellevue Middle School. May 11, 2005.

Health Conditions

• Cancer
  • Powerpoint on Cancer from A Small Dose of Toxicology by Steven Gilbert
    
  • "Cancer and Toxins in the Web". Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA. March 24, 2005.
• Respiratory Toxicology and Asthma
• Powerpoint on Neurotoxicology from A Small Dose of Toxicology by Steven Gilbert
  

History of Toxicology

• History of Toxicology
  • Powerpoint on History of Toxicology and Principles of Mammalian Toxicology
  • Powerpoint on the History of Toxicology
    

Additional Resources

• The Institute for Children's Environmental Health (ICEH) offers PowerPoint presentations in its resource section. Founded in 1999, ICEH is a nonprofit educational organization working to ensure a healthy, just and sustainable future for children and the planet.

• Supercourse: "A repository of lectures on global health and prevention designed to improve the teaching of prevention. Supercourse has a network of over 65000 scientists in 174 countries who are sharing for free a library of 4073 lectures in 31 languages. The Supercourse has been produced at the WHO Collaborating Center University of Pittsburgh, with core developers Ronald LaPorte, Ph.D., Faina Linkov, Ph.D., Mita Lovalekar, M.D., Ph.D. and Eugene Shubnikov M.D.."
• 2008 Conference Presentations, Northwest Chapter of the North American Hazardous Materials Management Association (NAHMMA), Troutdale, OR.